Sesame Street
An assortment of pages featuring favorite Sesame Street characters with numbers, shapes, letters, health & safety and holiday themed pages along with an entire set of pages for each character. Click here to download Sesame Street activities

Maisy The Mouse
Four fun pictures of Maisy Mouse with her friends Cyril, Charlie and Tallulah. Click here to download Maisy Mouse coloring sheets

Thomas The Tank
Engine Coloring book pages and activity sheets with Thomas, Edward, James, Sir Topham Hat and the Island of Sodor. Click here to download Thomas and other Sodor activity sheets

Dora The Explorer
Color Dora, Boots, Diego and all of their friends with the coloring and activity pages found at the Nick Jr. website. There are many coloring pages, paper dolls and activity books featuring our favorite explorer - Dora!

LazyTown
If you’re like us, you’ve been searching for LazyTown DVDs, books and music! Stephanie and Sportacus are ready for to go in these coloring pages and stickers. Look for the new LazyTown DVD this fall! Click here for the latest Lazytown activity sheets

Backyardigans
Coloring pages for Pablo, Uniqua and Tyrone as well as some activity packs. This is one of our favorite shows and we all love the clever songs the Backyardigans sing - click here to print the official Backyardigans song sheets for “Yeti Stomp”, “A Pirate Says Arr” and more! Click here to print Backyardigans coloring pages and song sheets

Lilo & Stitch
A dozen coloring book pages with Lilo, Stitch and all of the intergalactic buddies, cousins and you can think of. Click here for Lilo & Stitch activity sheets

Jakers!
Print coloring pages for Piggley, Ferny, Dannan and Wiley the Sheep. Our favorite Irish pig and his friends have lots of other activities on this PBS Kids website. Find cute coloring sheets for favorite Jakers! characters here

Caillou
You can make an entire coloring book out of all of the coloring pages on the PBS Kids Caillou website! You’ll find pictures of Rosie. Mommy, Daddy and Caillou having fun together. Download the Caillou coloring book here

Jay Jay The Jet Plane
Coloring pages and activity sheets of Jay Jay, Snuffy, Tracy, Savannah and Herky are only some of the things you’ll find for your toddler on the Jay Jay website at PBS Kids. Click here for Jay Jay coloring pages

Seven Little Monsters
There’s a coloring page for each of the Seven Little Monsters at this fun website for the PBS Kids show. If your child loves Maurice Sendak’s Seven Little Monsters who live at #1234567 Chestnut Street with their Mom, this is one of the few places you can find extras featuring the Monsters besides the books. Seven Little Monsters coloring pages are here

How Much Folic Acid Should I Take
All women of childbearing ages have a recommended daily intake of 400 micrograms (mcg) or .4 milligrams (mg). When pregnant, this recommended daily intake goes up to 600 – 800 mcg. Most prenatal vitamins will contain the proper dosage of folic acid. Folic acid is a water soluble vitamin, and your body will flush the excess if your intake is too high.

Discuss with your doctor how much folic acid you need each day before and after you conceive. If you have a child with neural tube defects or a family history of neural tube defects, work closely with your doctor, as he may advise a higher dosage for you.

Deep green leafy vegetables, like spinach and kale, are a great natural source of folate. It is also found in chicken and beef liver, salmon, eggs, broccoli, asparagus, papaya, citrus fruits, nuts and legumes. Enriched cereal grain products, like flour, pasta, rice and cereal are required by the FDA to add folic acid.

Prenatal vitamins containing folic acid are a great to insure you’re getting your recommended daily intake of folate, just in case you miss a serving or two during the day.

What Does Folic Acid Do
Folic acid is also called folate, folacin and B9. It is integral in producing red blood cells, as well as the chemicals norepinephrin and serotonin, which are found in the nervous system. Folic acid also helps normalize brain functions and is necessary when genetic material synthesize in cells - which happens every moment all over our entire bodies!

Spina bifida is a neural tube defect that affects one in every 1,000 babies born in the US. The Centers for Disease Control reports that taking the recommended dosage of folic acid can reduce your baby’s risk of some types of birth defects by as much as 50%. Additionally, women who do not get enough folic acid may increase their chances of miscarriage or still births.

There are more than fifteen coloring sheets featuring Arthur, his family and friends. Print off coloring sheets of Arthur, D.W., Buster, George and the entire gang here.

Remember Emily’s favorite game, Tower Of Cows? Play along with a printable version, found here. It includes the Cow standing cards, along with two decks of cards to print. This is a great game that teaches math concepts in a way that’s lots of fun and very interactive!

Make a Cootie Catcher, either themed with Arthur and his friends or one personalized with your child’s interests using the Arthur Cootie Catcher printable.

More Arthur Card Games
Go Fetch is like the classic Go Fish card game, only with Arthur characters. Very cute! Print the Arthur themed playing cards by clicking here.

Crazy Bus is an innovative card game you can print at home. The cards consist of characters and of description cards. Your child selects a character card based on the description card he draws and puts the character into the Crazy Bus. Print them here!

Here are the three different ways the chopsticks can be changed:

Step 1 includes using the orange or green training bridge to encourage holding the chopsticks properly by using the thumb, forefinger and middle finger.

Step 2 includes removing the orange or green bridge when child can properly use the chopsticks by using the correct fingers.

Step 3 includes removing the circular yellow piece when Child has completely mastered the art of eating with chopsticks! The Training Bridge comes in green or orange.

Just print the pdfs at home and follow the easy instructions to make fun art and crafts with your kids. We spent a rainy Saturday going through the crafts and they’re all really good, but our kids definitely had their favorites:

Your kids can have a starcatching adventure with this free Dora Printable from Nick Jr. Make Dora’s Star Pocket and then cut out four Explorer Stars. Color everything and put the star pocket together and you’re ready for great starcatching adventures!Print Dora’s Star Pocket and Stars

Printable Dora Bracelets. Print this page on your color printer and help your kids cut out the bracelets. Use sticky tape to tape the ends together and enjoy!

The printable Dora and Diego Silly Paper Dolls are lots of fun! This pack of printables has Dora and Diego paper dolls, along with coloring sheets filled with clothes, hats and silly shoes. Your kids can color the funny costumes, cut out the shapes and have fun playing dress up with the paper dolls.

Your child can make their very own Map! Have them roll a blank piece of paper into the “map”. Then print and color the decorations on this printable. Help him carefully cut out the eyes and accessories, the tape or glue them to the Map. Click here to print the Dora’s Super Map Activity.

Doctors use the approximate date of conception and due date to estimate the age of the fetus and gauge the developmental milestones. An ultrasound is usually done in the first trimester to pinpoint the actual gestational age, after which the fetal development milestones can be tracked against a pregnancy calendar.

When you determine you are pregnant, the doctor will ask when your last menstrual period was. The first day of your last menstrual period (LMP), is day zero. The majority of women ovulate two weeks after this first day of their last menstrual period, and this is the most likely time of conception.

Both you and your doctor can track the fetal development progress using a pregnancy calendar. A pregnancy calendar is a great way for you to track development, and connect your signs and symptoms with the development of your baby. It is a great way to measure against the milestones you will be experiencing during your pregnancy, like hearing the baby’s heartbeat for the first time and finding out the sex of the baby.

There are many pregnancy calculators, and they help estimate your due date based on the LMP and date of conception. Pregnancy calculators are based on ‘Naegele’s rule” to estimate the delivery date. Naegele’s rule subtracts three months from the LMP, then adds one year and seven days.

We like the free pregnancy calculator at the Medical College of Wisconsin

While the precise cause of morning sickness is not clear, there are several factors associated with pregnancy that may contribute to the nausea and vomiting. Your hormone levels - estrogen, progesterone and hCG (beta-human Chorionic Gonadotropin) change dramatically during pregnancy. Of these three hormones, doctors believe hCG is considered the most likely culprit. The levels of hCG rise in women immediately following conception and increase until the sixteen week, at which point they begin to diminish.

Minimizing Symptoms
Morning sickness may be unavoidable, however there are ways to minimize the nausea and vomiting symptoms. Try the tips below to help relieve bouts with morning sickness:
- Avoid strong smells or smells that are unappealing to you
- Eat small meals on a regular schedule - do not skip meals
- Include a snack between meals
- Drink 30 min before eating, and not during your meal
- Eat a few crackers first thing in the morning
- Try switching your prenatal vitamins (consult with your doctor first)
- Avoid acidic food, like tomato sauce, and spicy foods
- Try and minimize stressful situations
- Try wearing Sea Bands, accupressure wrist bands developed for motion sickness. They stimulate wrist nerves, which in turn stimulate normal stomach rhythms.

A note about severe nausea and vomiting
A small percentage of pregnant women experience severe nausea and vomiting symptoms, called hypermesis gravidarum. This condition can be life threatening, and you should consult your doctor if your morning symptoms include weight loss, severe nausea, excessive vomiting, headaches or confusion.

These free Dora printable paper templates are perfect for when your kids want to send a note to their friends or grandparents.

Just click on the links to print PDFs of each writing template.

Printable Dora Writing Paper

Printable Boots The Monkey Writing Paper

Looking for more great coloring pages and activity sheets featuring Dora The Explorer? You can view all Dora printables and coloring pages by clicking here!

Click here to print the Dora The Explorer Decoration printable

Looking for more great coloring pages and activity sheets featuring Dora The Explorer? You can view all Dora printables and coloring pages by clicking here!

Click here to print the Dora Ice Skating coloring sheet

Looking for more great coloring pages and activity sheets featuring Dora The Explorer? You can view all Dora printables and coloring pages by clicking here!